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Urban dialects

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  • A dentist encounters a large, violent patient. Reproduction of a drawing by A. Wallis Mills, 1920.
  • A rural man talking to his physician in the street. Drawing by S. Wood.
  • A doctor taking the pulse of an old lady who informs him that there is a lot of insanity in her family. Wood engraving by G. King, 1913.
  • A doctor visiting a senile old man and discussing his verdict with the patient's wife. Wood engraving by C.E. Brock, 1902.
  • A doctor asking a patient's wife if she has taken his temperature; she replies that she used the barometer to take his temperature and that, as he was very dry she gave him some beer. Wood engraving by G. King, 1911.
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    A country woman suggesting to a lady of means that she encourage the local doctor even though all his previous patients have died. Wood engraving by A.S. Boyd, 1896.

    Boyd, A. S. (Alexander Stuart), 1854-1930. | Date: 1896 | Reference: 14312i
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    A doctor visiting a senile old man and discussing his verdict with the patient's wife. Wood engraving by C.E. Brock, 1902.

    Brock, C. E. (Charles Edmund), 1870-1938. | Date: 1902 | Reference: 15338i
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    A doctor taking the pulse of an old lady who informs him that there is a lot of insanity in her family. Wood engraving by G. King, 1913.

    King, Gunning. | Date: 1913 | Reference: 15400i
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    A country vicar visiting a family where a child has been suffering from scarlet fever. Wood engraving after C. Shepperson.

    Shepperson, Claude A. (Claude Allin), 1867-1921. | Reference: 15573i
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    A rural man talking to his physician in the street. Drawing by S. Wood.

    Wood, Starr, 1870-1944. | Reference: 15710i
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